Rachel L. Swarns, a correspondent for The New York Times, will join the faculty of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University at the rank of associate professor. She will begin teaching in the fall of 2018.

Dr. Hamer is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio. She earned a master’s degree at Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Texas.

Autumn Womack was hired as an assistant professor of African American studies and an assistant professor of English at Princeton University. Since 2013, she has been an assistant professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Womack is a graduate of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York City.

Ibram X. Kendi is joining the faculty at American University in Washington, D.C. He will hold a joint appointment in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of International Service. Dr. Kendi was also named the founding director of the Anti-Racist Research and Policy Center at the university. He has been serving an assistant professor of African American history at the University of Florida.

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